The Peckham Toymaker London Festival of Architecture 2017, Goldsmiths University, LFA News
The Peckham Toymaker
LFA collaboration by Tsuruta Architects with storytellers London Dreamtime and wood experts FINSA
26 May 2017
The Peckham Toymaker, London Festival of Architecture
Making memories: The Peckham Toymaker at LFA 2017
London Festival of Architecture 15-30 June 2017 Goldsmiths University, London SE14 6NW
RIBA award-winning Tsuruta Architects will be unveiling a unique collaboration with renowned storytellers London Dreamtime and wood experts FINSA during the London Festival of Architecture 2017.
The Peckham Toymaker, an installation on the forecourt of Goldsmith?s University and online audio tour, plus live events, will allow visitors to discover the legend of The Peckham Toymaker, and his dark and exotic tale of loss and playfulness.
The Camberwell-based architect Taro Tsuruta works extensively with wood and computerised numerical control (CNC) construction methods, fusing technology and design with the many layers of history ? some of them unverified ? that can build up on a site over time. Memory of place and space is a constant theme in Tsuruta?s work, such as House of Trace, which won the prestigious RIBA Stephen Lawrence Award and six other awards in 2016.
It was Tsuruta?s fascination with incidental discoveries that can be found on a site that led to his collaboration with London Dreamtime, storytellers who tell traditional and folklore tales. FINSA is supporti...